Date:	Thursday 10 June 1954
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor PR Mk 10
Owner/operator:	541 Sqn RAF
Registration:	VS973
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	30 miles west of San Piedro, Sardinia -   Italy
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Istres, France
Destination airport:	RAF Luqa, Malta
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor PR.Mk.10 VS973, 541 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) 10/6/1954. Crashed in sea, 30 mils West of San Piedro, Sardinia. Pilot - Flying Officer D.J.R.Beard - ejected, and rescued from his dinghy by a passing French ship.

Wreckage not found/not recovered. Formally Struck Off Charge as Cat.5(m) 14/6/1954 as missing

1. L'Echo d'Oran 11+12 June 1954
2. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.61 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 83)
4. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.210
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VS

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
01-Jul-2020 07:09	TB	Added
01-Jul-2020 07:15	TB	Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative]
03-Aug-2020 19:12	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
04-Aug-2020 19:38	Jixon	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator]